Udhayanidhi Stalin, finally became a minister after his induction in his father MK Stalin's government. Udhayanidhi played a key role in defeating AIADMK in the assembly election.
The ruling DMK had announced it would file a review petition against the November 8 five-judge Supreme Court Bench upholding the 10 percent reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS).
The Union Home minister's visit to the party headquarters is considered a major boost to the party's local leadership which is engaged in a bitter battle with the ruling DMK.
MK Stalin, the younger son of late party patriarch M Karunanidhi, has held several party posts, including that of DMK treasurer and youth wing secretary.
Raja, the DMK deputy general secretary had recently stoked a controversy over his Shudra remark and drew the BJP's ire with the saffron party accusing him of spewing hatred against a community to appease others.
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai took to Twitter and shared a video in which Raja can be heard making provocative remarks.
DMK's organising secretary R S Bharathi, who is the petitioner, said that the core of the Dravidian movement's ideology is socio-economic upliftment of the backward, most backward and all other oppressed sections of the society.
Bihar political crisis: Nitish Kumar is set to take oath once again as CM tomorrow at 4 pm tomorrow, armed with the support of the entire opposition, including the RJD and the Left parties.
Lok Sabha: Sonia Gandhi was seen asking party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to speak on certain issues. Chowdhury tried to raise the issue of investigation into the National Herald newspaper but was disallowed by the chair.
Rupala said, if a farmer repays the loan promptly, he or she would get three percent interest subversion from the central government and some state governments too provide interest subversion up to four percent to the KCC borrowers.
Nirmala Sitharaman on inflation: No question of India getting into stagflation or recession as macroeconomic fundamentals of the economy are strong, Sitharaman said while replying to the opposition's statements that India will also be in a condition being faced by Sri Lanka, Pakistan.
Indirect polls on March 4 to elect chairpersons of municipalities and town panchayats, witnessed fights and high drama in several regions of Tamil Nadu.
The AIADMK said that in several election booths, the party representatives were not allowed to sit and the media was also not allowed to report.
PM Modi took to Twitter to congratulate M K Stalin for being sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM
Stalin had already said that the ceremony shall be held in a simple manner in the Raj Bhavan premises.
AIADMK lost to DMK in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and thanked voters saying they have great responsibility as opposition now.
The DMK on Monday announced convening a meeting of the party's newly-elected MLAs on May 4.
The DMK, led by its President M.K. Stalin, is leading in 121 of the state's 234 Assembly constituencies and if the trend continues, then it can form the government on its own.
The Election Commission of India has written to Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs where counting is underway to "prohibit victory celebrations urgently".
BJP delegation submitted a memorandum saying Stalin, in his public address, "levelled false allegations against the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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